Carina (/kəˈraɪnə, kəˈriːnə/ kə-RY-nə, -REE-) is a constellation in the southern sky. Its name is Latin for the keel of a ship, and it was the southern...
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large, complex area of bright and dark nebulosity in the constellation Carina, located in the Carina–Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way galaxy. The nebula is...
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is the list of notable stars in the constellation Carina, sorted by decreasing brightness. This constellation's Bayer designations (Greek-letter star...
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original 48 constellations. In the 1750s the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille divided this into three separate constellations: Carina, Puppis,...
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birds Carina of trachea, the point at which the trachea branches to form the two mainstem bronchi Carina (Chinese astronomy) Carina (constellation), a constellation...
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observational sky. It is named for its proximity to the Sagittarius and Carina constellations as seen in the night sky from Earth, in the direction of the Galactic...
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Europe by the Toyota Avensis. The inspiration for the name Carina came from the constellation Carina, sharing a naming inspiration with the Celica, which is...
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The modern constellation Carina lies across one of the quadrants symbolized by the Vermillion Bird of the South (南方朱雀, Nán Fāng Zhū Què) and The Southern...
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The Carina Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy is a dwarf galaxy in the Carina constellation. It was discovered in 1977 with the UK Schmidt Telescope by Cannon et...
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NGC 3324 (category Carina (constellation))
NGC 3324 is an open cluster in the southern constellation Carina, located northwest of the Carina Nebula (NGC 3372) at a distance of 9,100 ly (2,800 pc)...
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Mystic Mountain (category Carina (constellation))
Mystic Mountain is a photograph and a term for a region in the Carina Nebula imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope. The view was captured by the then-new...
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Argo Navis (redirect from Argo Navis constellation)
Louis de Lacaille divided it into the three modern constellations that occupy much of the same area: Carina (the keel), Puppis (the poop deck or stern), and...
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Puppis (redirect from Puppis constellation)
parts, the other two being Carina (the keel and hull), and Vela (the sails). Puppis is the largest of the three constellations in square degrees. It is...
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Suhail (star) (category Carina (constellation))
horizon. It is part of the traditional names of three stars in the constellation Argo Navis. Lambda Velorum, now officially named Suhail by the IAU Working...
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originally part of a larger constellation, the ship Argo Navis, which was later divided into three parts, the others being Carina and Puppis. With an apparent...
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Canopus (category Carina (constellation))
Canopus is the brightest star in the southern constellation of Carina and the second-brightest star in the night sky. It is also designated α Carinae...
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the Carina constellation i Car or HD 79447, a star in the Carina constellation ι Car or Iota Carinae (HD 80404), a star in the Carina constellation Indian...
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as Monoceros (near the celestial equator), and southern constellations Puppis, Vela, Carina, Crux, Centaurus, Triangulum Australe, and Ara. Polaris,...
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HD 97950 (category Carina (constellation))
Even R136 is thought to be near to 2 million years old. Trumpler 14 in the Carina Nebula is thought to be as little as 300,000 - 500,000 years old, but is...
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into three constellations by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille: Carina (the keel), Puppis (the poop deck), and Vela (the sails). The new constellations were introduced...
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Homunculus Nebula (category Carina (constellation))
300 parsecs) from Earth. The nebula is embedded within the much larger Carina Nebula, a large star-forming H II region. From the Latin homunculus meaning...
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Eta Carinae (redirect from Eta carina)
located around 7,500 light-years (2,300 parsecs) distant in the constellation Carina. Previously a 4th-magnitude star, it brightened in 1837 to become...
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Carina OB2 is a giant OB association in the constellation Carina. It contains anywhere from 91 to 157 stars, many of which are hot blue stars of spectral...
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K Carinae (category Carina (constellation))
The Bayer designations k Carinae and K Carinae are distinct. for k Carinae, see HD 81101 for K Carinae, see HR 4138 This article includes a list of related...
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List of stars in Puppis (category Lists of stars by constellation)
while it was still considered part of the constellation of Argo Navis. After Argo Navis was broken up into Carina, Vela, and Puppis, these Greek-letter designations...
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OGLE-TR-182b (category Carina (constellation))
OGLE-TR-182b is a transiting extrasolar planet. It is a hot Jupiter with a similar mass to Jupiter but a larger radius. Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment...
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HD 93250 (category Carina (constellation))
binary star in the Carina Nebula in the constellation Carina. HD 93250 is one of the brightest stars in the region of the Carina Nebula. It is only 7...
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HD 63765 (category Carina (constellation))
HD 63765 is a star with an orbiting exoplanet in the southern constellation of Carina. It is too faint to be visible with the naked eye, having an apparent...
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IC 2602 (category Carina (constellation))
Theta Carinae Cluster, or Caldwell 102) is an open cluster in the constellation Carina. Discovered by Abbe Lacaille in 1751 from South Africa, the cluster...
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QZ Carinae (category Carina (constellation))
in the constellation Carina. It is the brightest member of the loose open cluster Collinder 228 and one of the brightest stars in the Carina Nebula....
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